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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAdult audiences may be underwhelmed. Not younger teenage girls, who will be completely fascinated.
- 60Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe tone seesaws between comic wackiness and romantic sincerity, with Paltrow better suited to the latter.
- 50Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIt's meant to be harmless fluff. It is.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaMike Myers, responsible for the picture's one, or possibly two, laughs.
- 30VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerFlubs nearly every opportunity to be the comedy it wanted to be.
- 25Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanI think this camp classic is an accident along the lines of "Showgirls": howlingly funny, filled with gratingly earnest performances, riddled with dialogue that will be quoted at parties.
- 20Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimThe film, meanwhile, goes for that choppy, air-pocket sensation, veteran helmer Bruno Barreto directing like he's never made a movie before, and never wants to again.
- 16Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyIf the new I-wanna-be-a-stewardess picture View From the Top were an airplane, it would blow up on takeoff. If it were an airline meal, it would infect you with E. coli. If it were a parachute, it would be riddled with holes.
- 12Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrWho on earth is this embarrassment -- easily the worst film of the year to date -- aimed at?